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Internet Gaming Disorder among Adolescents

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka

    Miyuru Chandradasa & Asiri Rodrigo

  2. Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka

    Miyuru Chandradasa & Asiri Rodrigo

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MC: Clinical assessments, management of the adolescents described and wrote the manuscript. AR: Supervised the clinical diagnosis, management and wrote the manuscript. Professor Shehan Williams, Professor in Psychiatry will act as guarantor for the paper.

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Correspondence to Miyuru Chandradasa.

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Chandradasa, M., Rodrigo, A. Internet Gaming Disorder among Adolescents. Indian J Pediatr 84, 651–652 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-017-2348-7

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